MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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